Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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9/3..................................................................................................................8/26
9/3..................................................................................................................8/26
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
廿
七
四期星
Eighth Month, Twenty-Seventh Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, August 27
Thursday, August 27
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
合歲
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
日德
Generational Virtue
Linked Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉中吉
酉己丑
中凶凶
戌午寅
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
中中凶
亥未卯
中吉吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 In-Between
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Auspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 In-Between
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
栽嫁
種娶
Marriage Alliances
Planting and Cultivating
栽嫁
種娶
Marriage Alliances
Planting and Cultivating
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
十
四
乙
亥
火
井
平
Fourteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
四
乙
亥
火
井
平
Fourteenth Day (Seventh Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: yihai (12/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Well (22/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Level (4/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
平
治
道
塗
修
飾
垣
牆
月月
害忌
天重
罡日
治
道
塗
修
飾
垣
牆
月月
害忌
天重
罡日
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Appropriate Activities
Leveling and Painting Roadways
Repairing and Adorning Walls and Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Leveling and Painting Roadways
Repairing and Adorning Walls and Embankments
Baleful Astral Influences
Lunar Taboo
Doubled Days
Lunar Harm
Heavenly Dipper
Doubled Days
Lunar Harm
Heavenly Dipper
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 州
White, Landmass
白 州
White, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
碓
牀 磨
牀 磨
Pestle
Bed, Mortar
Bed, Mortar
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